| Description |
xiv, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Sociocriticism ; vol. 4 |
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Sociocriticism (New York, N.Y.) ; vol. 4
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| Contents |
The Theories of Jacques Lacan. The Signifier. Symbolic, Imaginary, Real. The Quadrature of the Subject -- 1. What Was Special About The Year 1954? The Generation Gap. "Inner Defection" and the "Angry" 1950s. Rebel Without A Cause (1955). The Testimony of Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry. "Rock Around The Clock" -- 2. British and American Reception of the Beatles Compared, 1960-1970. Class Values in Britain and the USA. The First Phase: Effervescence (1960-1962). Second Phase: Kinship and Mass Hysteria (1963-1965). Third Phase: Loneliness and Euphoria (1965-1967). Fourth Phase: Disintegration and Premonitory Mourning (1968-1969). Fifth Phase: Demise and Denial (1970-present) -- 3. John Lennon. Kinship Structure Prior to 1940. Music in the Family Myth and the Voice as "Selected Organ" Early Traits of Creative Structure. The "Psychomusical Matrimony" with Paul McCartney, 1957-1968. John's Sexual Attitudes Towards Women. Erotomania, Violence and Addictiveness. Wit, Words and Honesty |
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John's Assassination: Senseless or Tragic? -- 4. Paul McCartney. Kinship Structure Prior to 1942. The Early Sources of Paul's Creativity. The "Psychomusical Matrimony" with John Lennon, 1957-1968. Paul's Sexual Attitudes Towards Women. Wings Under Control. Give My Regards To Broad Street (1984). So Bad? -- 5. The Music. The Inherent Appeal of Rock'n'Roll. Old Wine In New Bottles. New Wine In New Bottles. Towards A Post-Modern Classic. Inevitability Versus Surprise -- 6. Cultural Revolution & The Name-Of-The-Father. The World In Upheaval. Apple Corps. George Harrison's HandMade Films. Was John Lennon A Revolutionary? The Neo-Conservative Restoration -- 7. Rock & Roll as Requiem. Sgt. Pepper's Funeral. What Was the Modern Age? Capitalism and Classical Music. What Is the Post-Modern Age? The Pepper Funeral Revisited. The Rock'n'Roll Generation in Power -- Glossary of Lacanian Terminology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index |
| Subject |
Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.
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Beatles.
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Rock music -- History and criticism.
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Psychoanalysis and music.
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Rock music -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
94036301 |
| ISBN |
0820421839 |
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